Lending Rate in Egypt decreased to 23 percent in August from 25 percent in July of 2025. Lending Rate in Egypt averaged 11.37 percent from 2005 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 28.25 percent in March of 2024 and a record low of 9.25 percent in December of 2013. source: Central Bank of Egypt

Lending Rate in Egypt is expected to be 22.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Egypt Overnight Lending Rate is projected to trend around 18.00 percent in 2026, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-07-10 05:00 PM
Overnight Lending Rate
25% 25% 25%
2025-08-28 04:00 PM
Overnight Lending Rate
23% 25% 23% 23%
2025-10-02 04:00 PM
Overnight Lending Rate


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Banks Balance Sheet 22039862.00 21294012.00 EGP Million Feb 2025
Central Bank Balance Sheet 6357947.00 6390003.00 EGP Million May 2025
Foreign Exchange Reserves 49036.00 48700.00 USD Million Jul 2025
Interbank Rate 22.44 22.15 percent Sep 2025
Interest Rate 22.00 24.00 percent Aug 2025
Overnight Lending Rate 23.00 25.00 percent Aug 2025
Loans to Private Sector 3037565.00 2997843.00 EGP Million Jul 2025
Money Supply M0 2516580.00 2320955.00 EGP Million Jul 2025
Money Supply M1 3446696.00 3387103.00 EGP Million Jul 2025
M2 Money Supply YoY 13186820.00 13072938.00 EGP Million Jul 2025

Egypt Overnight Lending Rate
In Egypt, lending rate refers to central bank overnight lending facility and it is one of its main policy instruments. Together with the overnight deposit rate, the overnight lending rate provides the outer bounds of a corridor within which the overnight inter-bank rate will fluctuate.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
23.00 25.00 28.25 9.25 2005 - 2025 percent Monthly